Support for floor boards of automobiles



April 22 1924. 1,490,970

P. FRAZIER I SUIIPORT FOR FLOOR BOARDS OF AUTOMOBILES Filed May 7. 1923 2 Sheetsl-Sheefc 1 April 22 1924. v v P. FRAZIER SUPPORT FOR FLOOR BOARDS OF AUTOMOBILES Filed y 1923 Shets-Sheet 2 j V 9 26 n I I l 3534 lI o o E: O l .32

Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IATRICKFRAZIER, OF BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES W. WASH. AND ONE-FOURTH TO KEITH MUIEIR-SPAUGH, BOTH 0F BRECKENRIDGE,

TEXAS.

SUPPORT FOR, FLOOR BOARDS O1 AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed May 7,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK FRAZIER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Breckenridge, in the county of Stephens and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Floor'Boards of Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention relates to attachments for automobiles, and particularly to means for supporting floor boards of automobiles.

It is an object of this invention to provide novel means adapted to be supported by any of the housings under the floor, and the device may, of course, be applied to the fly wheel, transmission, or crank casing of an automobile, or, in fact, to any of the housings which may be immediately below the floor.

The invention is, however, disclosed with special reference to its association with a well known make of automobile, and those skilled in the art will immediately recognize what the inventor has in mind. i

In the present embodiment of the invention, it is an object to provide a bracket-like support adapted to be attached or anchored in place by fastenings that are employed for holding the inspection plate of the gear case of the said automobile.

It is a furtherobjeot of this invention to provide novel means whereby the front floor board or boards maybe supported; and furthermore, it is an object to provide means whereby the front floor board or boards as. well as the rear floor board may be supported. 7

It is a further object of this invention to produce supports of the character indicated which can be readily applied to or removed from the casings mentioned.

'With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invent-ionconsists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to'be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. V

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote correspondwill be supported in the 1923. Serial No. 637,308.

ing parts in the several views, and in Whic Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of machinery casings with a device embodying the invention applied thereto;

fFigure 2 illustrates a side elevation there 0 Figure 3 illustrates a plan View in which the device is intended for use in supporting all of the floor boards of the automobile;

Figure 4 illustrates a View in elevation thereof;

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate views in plan and side elevation, respectively, embodying a modified construction;

Figure 7 illustrates a plan view of a still further modification and Figure 8 illustrates a perspective View of the main member of the support shown in Fig. 5.

In these drawings,.5 denotes a case having an inspection plate 6 that is secured to the case by fastenings 7 such as screws or the like.

In applying the invention to a casing of ,1

the character just described, certain of the securing screws are employed, but it is usually necessary, or desirable, to substitute screws of greater length than those of the conventional type employed on the said automobile. In installing the invention, therefore, the central screws are removed and a piece has an arm 10 whichprojects forwardly and terminates in a downwardly extending flange 11 that rests on the fly wheel I housing 12.

It will be seen from inspection of the drawing 'thatthe arm is inclined to proper degree, in order that the front floor boards ositions in which they are now supported in the automobile LII provision is made for supporting the front floor boards, in that a bridge-piece 13 is secured by the fastenings 14 to the casing with the inspection plate 15, and the arm 16 projects forwardly. from' the bridge-piece, but in this last mentioned embodiment of the invention, there is. a rearwardly extending arm 17' that is approximately horizontaliy supported by a bracket 18 that extends from its under side, the said bracket having a saddle 19 which partially embraces I the rounded surface 19* of the gear casing so that the arm is braced to a degree that it will support unusual weights Without permitting the floor boards to sag .or bend.

It will be seen from an inspection of-the drawing that either form ofthe invention can be made as a one-piece structure and that it can be secured in place by the two anchoring elements just described. The simple nature of the devices renders it pose sible'to accomplish their manufacture inexpensively, and they have proven efiicient and satisfactory in use.

in the modification shown inFig. 5, the board-supporting element comprises an integral structure having a central portion 20, the upper surfaceof which is approximately parallel with supporting plate 21, and there is a rearward extension 22, the upper surface of which'is approximately horizontal, although these configurations may be changed in order that the floor boards may be given the proper pitches, according to the type of automobile on vwhichthey are used; The'forward extension 23 is of increased height for a portion of its length and then tapers to produce a clearance 24 which will 'permitthe extension to overlie a portion of the casing of the motor. 7

The supporting member has transverse slots 25 and 26 that 'receive'the straps or anchoring elements 27 and 28, respectively, the said anchoring 'elementshaving a fas tening'29 through them into the casing, the said fastening serving also to secure theface plate 21 in place. a i

The lower edge of the memberhaslugs or projections 30 and .31 which constitute feet orsupports w iich lie against the surface of the plate.

In that form of the invention shown in 7, two board-supporting elements 32 employed, and they are arranged and in spaced relation to each other, each being approximately parallel with an edge ofthe plate 34. These members are-secured in place by fastenings 35 suchas are employed for-securing the plate to the casing. I

The members 32 and 33 may be of the general configuration shown in Fig. 8, and when the form shown in Fig. 7 is used, the straps or fastenings' may be omitted.

1 claim 1. In a support for fioor boards, a bridgepiece adapted to be secured to a casing of a power plant of an automobile, the said bridge-piece having an. arm projecting therefrom on an incline, and means for sup porting the end of the arm remote from the bridge piece.

2. Ina support for floor boards, a bridgepiece adapted to be secured to a casing of a power plant of an automobile, anv arm extending forwardly fromthe bridge-piece and having aedownwardly extending flange adapted to rest on another portion of the casing of the power plant, as and'ior the purpose described.

3. In a support for floor boards, a bridgepiecc adapted to be secured to a casing of power plant of an automobile, an arm extending forwardly from the 'bridgepiece and having a downwardly extending flange adapted to rest on anotherportion of the casing of the power plant, and a rearwardly extending arm supported by the bridgepiece, and means for supporting the end ofthe last mentioned arm remote from the bridge-piece.

4.111 a support for floor boards, a bridge-piece adapted; to be secured to a casing of a power plant of an automobile, an arm extending forwardly from the bridge piece andhaving a-downwardly extending flange, adapted to rest on another portion ofthe casing of the power plant, a rearwardly extending arm supported by the bridge-piece, a bracket under the last mentioned arm, and a saddle constituting a part of the saidbracket adapted to partially embracethe curved surface of the casing of thesaid power plant.

v5. In a support for floor boards, a boardsupportingelementadapted to overlie and be supported .on a casing of a power plant of. an automobile, the said supporting element having transversely disposed grooves, and straps lying in the grooves having their ends anchored to the casing.

v6.111 a support for floorboards of automobiles, board-supporting elements superimposed on a casing of a :power plant of an automobile in spaced relation to each other, and means for secur ng the said elements to the sa d casing;

PATRICK FRAZIER. 

